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A growth milestone; letter from the CEO

A growth milestone; letter from the CEO

Dear Team, Today, we’re hitting an exciting milestone in our journey—welcoming our tenth team member! This moment marks not just growth in numbers but a significant step in our evolution as a company. Reflecting on our journey, I’m so proud of how far we’ve come. We...

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2024 Q1 Patch Update

2024 Q1 Patch Update

IMPACTS:  Addition of four new CYP isoforms for SoM predictions (2A6, 2B6, 2C8, and 2E1). Use of SASA correction factor to improve activation energy assignment. SELECT: Use of Tversky index in addition to Tanimoto coefficient for seach similarity. CONVERT: Can convert...

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Feature in The Globe and Mail

Feature in The Globe and Mail

We were featured in The Globe and Mail article titled “In the quest for new medicines, developers seek to make AI their divining rod”.

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Partnership with NMX

Partnership with NMX

Molecular Forecaster Inc. (MFI) is excited to announce a new partnership with NMX Research and Solutions Inc. (NMX) that will expand the service offerings of both companies.

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A new website for MFI!

A new website for MFI!

We have a few words that sum up the last year or two at MFI: evolution is a good one. We’re an early-stage business, with big projects, great partners and customers, and lofty goals. We’re also a values-driven company, focused on our corporate and social...

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The importance of benchmarking datasets in machine learning

The importance of benchmarking datasets in machine learning

In the ever-evolving world of machine learning in drug discovery, benchmarking datasets play a pivotal role in driving progress and innovation. They serve as a critical tool for evaluating and comparing different algorithms and models. However, as the field advances…

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MFI Participates in $165-million CFREF Grant

MFI Participates in $165-million CFREF Grant

As a McGill University spinout company, we at Molecular Forecaster are thrilled to support the recent landmark government investment into our alma mater through “DNA to RNA: An Inclusive Canadian Approach to Genomic-based RNA Therapeutics (D2R)”…

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Conference

Conference

This morning, our CSO, Nicolas Moitessier, was invited to give a presentation at the 90th Acfas Congress about developing computational methods to help discover molecules targeting RNA.

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Webinar

Webinar

On April 19, our CEO Josh Pottel and our CSO and co-founder Nicolas Moitessier both presented in the webinar on Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences organized by BIOQuebec and GENAIZ.

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Symposium

Symposium

On May 1st, our CEO Josh Pottel will share his experience as an entrepreneur at the symposium organized by the Chemical Institute of Canada at Concordia University.

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Feature

Feature

Earlier this week, we were featured in the last edition of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News in an article about artificial intelligence for drug design.

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CACHE Challenge #2 paper

CACHE Challenge #2 paper

We have published our recent research on the SARS-Cov2 NSP13 helicase, target of the second CACHE challenge organized by the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC).

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Accelerator Program graduation

Accelerator Program graduation

We express our gratitude to the adMare BioInnovations teams following our graduation from their Pilot Accelerator Program created in 2020 and highlight our achievements thanks to the program.

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Award

Award

Our CSO, Pr. Nicolas Moitessier is the 2023 winner of the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship Award which he will receive in June at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Vancouver.

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User Report

User Report

Our docking software, Fitted, was used to perform covalent docking to enzymes in a recently published work on Frontiers of Chemistry by a team of Queen’s University of Belfast Pharmacy School.

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Award

Award

Our Scientist II Mihai Burai-Patrascu will be receiving the CNC/IUPAC Travel Award and present a part of his work at the IUPAC | CHAINS Congress this summer in the Netherlands.

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Blog

Blog

Our metabolism prediction software, Impacts, has been featured by Macs in Chemistry. The site is intended to provide a resource for chemists using Apple Macintosh computers and reviews the latest trends in drug discovery.

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Our team is growing!

Our team is growing!

We are delighted to introduce two new members of our team: Dr. Suneel Kumar BVS – Director of CADD, and Matej Janezic, PhD – Associate Scientist II.

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Feature in Le Devoir

Feature in Le Devoir

Our Ph.D. student intern, Vrinda Nair, gave an interview to Le Devoir newspaper to talk about her work on the use of artificial intelligence in the study of hybrid antibiotics.

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Paper

Paper

Recent drug discovery research from our CSO’s lab at McGill University showcases hit discovery, covalent design, selectivity consideration, and more using our software.

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CACHE Challenge #1 paper

CACHE Challenge #1 paper

We participated in the first CACHE challenge organized by the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC). After submitting our results to SGC we published our group’s effort.

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2022 Q1 Patch Update

2022 Q1 Patch Update

ACE/FITTED/IMPACTS: New energy optimization algorithm (LBFGS) has been implemented leading to substantial increases in speed (ca. 2x-3x). SELECT: Fingerprints can be pre-computed and stored when comparing libraries. Library diversity can now be computed. Entire...

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Partnership with adMare BioInnovations

Partnership with adMare BioInnovations

Molecular Forecaster Inc. (MFI) is exited to announce a partnership with adMare BioInnovations (adMare) to deliver computer-aided drug design (CADD) resources to selected R&D programs in adMare’s pipeline.

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